There's so much uncertainty. "If your house isn't lost, but you're not able to use it or live in it? That's the worst thing," said Audrey Meyer, 49, who worried it could be months before people are allowed back to their homes.

(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) FILE - In this April 24, 2018, file photo, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is interviewed by The Associated Press, in New York. Zarif has taken to YouTube on Thursday, May 3, to criticize President Donald Trump's threat to withdraw from the nuclear deal, saying Iran will not "renegotiate or add onto" the atomic accord.

Ian Fletcher, director of real estate policy at the BPF, said: "Announcing the CVA via a statement on new investment, whilst helpful to the overall continuation of the business, is highly insensitive when you are asking property investors to absorb large losses.

The AP discovered Wicker's investment listed in U. Adams told investors he was buying timber cheaply from private land and reselling it at a higher price to sawmills, offering them the chance to loan him money and promising to repay it in 12 to 15 months at a rate of 12 percent to 15 percent annual interest. Senate disclosures while researching Adams' dealings.

But despite low market volatility and a broadly positive economic outlook, this flood of new listings, combined with poor stock market trading performances of several of them, has given investors pause for thought.

"Let me be the first one to acknowledge we are on the right path but we haven't gotten over the hump. We need to convert our vision into reality," Lampert said at the annual shareholders' meeting at Sears' headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates.

Macroeconomic risks, such as the uncertainly caused by U. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, have also weighed on IPO plans, with Turkey's lira to hitting a record low this week.

Associated Press writers Chad Day and Jeff Horwitz in Washington, Jonathan Lemire and Jake Pearson in New York, and Mike Balsamo in Los Angeles and Youkyung Lee in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.

Najib's position as head of both UMNO and BN looked shaky, with rumblings of discontent growing louder as a senior member -- former sports minister Khairy Jamaluddin -- publicly called for "big changes" to be made without delay.

Traders said that with the Nikkei reaching resistance of 23,000, profit-taking may accelerate especially in the face of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East with the high-profile opening of the U. embassy to Israel in Jerusalem.

The announcement came the same day Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson reached an agreement with Philadelphia. They will each get a symbolic $1 each from the city, and Philadelphia has pledged $200,000 to start a program for young entrepreneurs.

5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis since December. 1 percent in April from a year earlier, the first negative reading since 2012, according to property consultant CoreLogic. Official lending statistics, which tend to be volatile, show personal and commercial lending has slipped 1. Home prices, as measured across the capital cities of the nation's states and territories, fell 0.

"Japanese companies' earnings were almost over and the market has mostly priced in the results. Investors may take profits from the recent rises in stocks as there are potential selling catalysts globally," said Hikaru Sato, a senior technical analyst at Daiwa Securities.

While the controversy surrounding sovereign wealth fund 1MDB grabbed international headlines, the scandal has faded in many Malaysians' minds, and alone is unlikely to prompt them to eject Najib from office.

Others - involving lights going on and off, rooms scattered with everyday household objects or projectors beaming images with enigmatic slogans onto walls - wouldn't look out of a place in a Western conceptual art exhibition.

"There is a risk of further (bank) liquidity concerns," he said. Nigel Kushner, chief executive of British law firm W Legal, said his clients exporting consumer goods to Iran had reported a 50 percent drop in purchases over the past two months.

He said previous Sears stock rallies have been short-lived given the company's debt levels, operating losses and store closures. "The partnership with Amazon, while a positive for Sears Auto Centers, is unlikely to impact the overall deteriorating revenue and profit picture at Sears stores in a meaningful way," said Ken Perkins, founder of Retail Metrics.

A KAI spokesman said it signed a contract with Essential last year for "legal consulting concerning accounting standards on production costs", and upon the expiration of the contract it made the payment in November.